Lake District: High Level and Fell Walks (eBook)

Walking in the Lake District - the highest mountains in England

Vivienne Crow (Autor)

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2024 | 2. Auflage
208 Seiten
Cicerone Press (Verlag)
978-1-78765-042-8 (ISBN)

Infos

A guidebook to 30 high level day walks in the Lake District, exploring some of the best mountains, ridgewalks, fells and summits within the national park. Mostly circular except for a few linear routes that make use of public transport links, the walks are graded according to difficulty, ensuring there is something for all levels of fitness and experience. The walks range from 7 to 24km (415 miles) in length and can be completed in between 3 and 9 hours. They are arranged geographically into 6 areas: Keswick, Borrowdale and Buttermere, the Western Valleys, Coniston and Langdale, Ambleside and Windermere, and Ullswater. 1:50,000 OS maps for each walk GPX files available to download Detailed information on terrain, refreshments and public transport for each walk Information given on local history and archaeology Highlights include Scafell Pike, Scafell, Helvellyn, Skiddaw, Newlands Round and the Fairfield Horseshoe

Autor

Londoner by birth, but Cumbrian by choice, Vivienne Crow is an award-winning writer and photographer. Based near the Lake District, she has written more than a dozen guides to the national park and writes popular walking columns that appear in several north Cumbrian newspapers.

Inhalt

Introduction

The high fells

Geology

Wildlife and habitats

History

Weather

Where to stay

Getting around

Waymarking and access

Maps

Clothing, equipment and safety

Using this guide



The Walks

Walk 1 Skiddaw via Ullock Pike

Walk 2 Blencathra and its neighbours

Walk 3 Coledale Horseshoe

Walk 4 Newlands Round

Walk 5 Causey Pike, Knott Rigg and Robinson

Walk 6 Helvellyn range, end to end

Walk 7 Scafell Pike

Walk 8 Glaramara and Allen Crags

Walk 9 Great Gable (from Honister)

Walk 10 Hay Stacks

Walk 11 Grasmoor and Gasgale Crags

Walk 12 The High Stile ridge

Walk 13 Great Gable (from Wasdale Head)

Walk 14 Pillar and Red Pike

Walk 15 Scafell

Walk 16 The Coniston Fells

Walk 17 The Langdale Pikes

Walk 18 Pike o' Blisco and Crinkle Crags

Walk 19 Bow Fell and the Mickleden Round

Walk 20 Fairfield Horseshoe

Walk 21 Helm Crag and Blea Rigg

Walk 22 Kentmere Round

Walk 23 Helvellyn via the edges

Walk 24 Deepdale Round

Walk 25 Caiston Glen Round

Walk 26 Hartsop Dodd and Gray Crag

Walk 27 High Street and Harter Fell

Walk 28 A Martindale Round

Walk 29 Place Fell and Beda Fell

Walk 30 Matterdale and the Dodds



Appendices

Appendix A

Route summary table

Appendix B



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Produkt-Details

• Erscheint lt. Verlag: 21.2.2024
• Zusatzinfo: 33 maps, 132 colour photographs
• Verlagsort: Kendal
• Sprache: englisch
• Themenwelt: Sachbuch/Ratgeber ► Sport
• Themenwelt: Reisen ► Reiseführer
• Schlagworte: Beda Fell • Coniston • England and #039 • England's highest mountains • fairfield horseshoe • Gray Crag • Helvellyn • highest mountains in the Lake District • Hiking • Keswick • Langdale • red screes • Sca Fell, Blencathra • Scafell Pike • s highest mountains • skiddaw • Wasdale • windermere walks
• ISBN-10: 1-78765-042-1 / 1787650421
• ISBN-13: 978-1-78765-042-8 / 9781787650428